Business News of Saturday, 14 May 2011

Source: - Reggie Tagoe

GIPC to host Business Forum in Italy

Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) in collaboration with the Ghana Embassy in Rome will hold a 2-day Business Forum in Italy.
The dates of the meetings fixed for 17th and 18th May will be held in Rome, at the Conference Hall of Italy’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Milan at the Conference Hall of the Chamber of Commerce.
A statement issued by Simon Atieku (First Secretary for Trade and Investment at the Ghana Embassy, Rome) on behalf of the Head of the Ghana Mission says the Rome meeting will start from 09.00 to 17.00 hours with a break whilst the Milan date will start at 14.00 hours and end at 19.00 hours.
The Forum will focus on the following sectors: Energy, Agro and Agro-business, ICT, Industry and Manufacturing, Oil and Mining Services, Infrastructural Development and Utilities and Real Estate Development.
The Embassy also confirmed the participation of the Chief Executives of Ghana Investment Promotion Centre and Ghana Export Promotion Council, Executive Secretary of Ghana Free Zone Board and the President of the Association of Ghana Industries at both meetings. It’s the second of such meeting in Italy in 3 years and entrepreneurs in Italy are being invited, among other things, for information to investment in Ghana.